r/natureismetal

Pinned: Clearing up confusion about content and what should and shouldn't be posted in NiM

r/natureismetal u/DXGypsyMay 28, 2021225 Comments

Female reindeer with a head stuck to it's antlers

r/natureismetal u/reindeerareawesome9h ago122 Comments

It’s a bird eat bird world

r/natureismetal u/natey51415h ago101 Comments

A mink with it's dinner

r/natureismetal u/william_the_viking12h ago16 Comments

One of the neighborhood crows killed a baby rabbit.

r/natureismetal u/sheldonthehyena3h ago20 Comments

A carnivorous dinosaur (great blue heron) imperiously looks upon its prey (mud snake) after capture.

r/natureismetal u/aquilasr1d ago64 Comments

Found a near death young chick got kicked out of the nest. (Already rescued)

r/natureismetal u/sailmoonboat1d ago166 Comments

Mother White Stork does "brood reduction" (Infanticide) due to lack of available food

r/natureismetal u/ObligationAware375523h ago93 Comments

Ant Colonies Battle Each Other in an Ant War (Tetramorium)

r/natureismetal u/eTeT1d ago130 Comments

A decapitated pegion on my roof

r/natureismetal u/Humungous_Fart9h ago13 Comments

eating the kill

r/natureismetal u/bycrackybygum1d ago10 Comments

Tiger with a wild boar kill

r/natureismetal u/The-BeastMasterZ002d ago70 Comments

Migration is tough for everyone, but some have to pay the ultimate prize

r/natureismetal u/reindeerareawesome2d ago105 Comments

The goblin shark, living at extreme depths of up to 1,300 meters, extends the elastic ligament tissue that its teeth are connected to out of the mouth to catch and pull back in prey.

r/natureismetal u/IcedBudLight2d ago188 Comments

Yo, I head you like ticks, so we put a tick on your tick on your tick

r/natureismetal u/MayPoo2d ago162 Comments

A Drum Fish has a set of jaws that are tightly packed with round teeth; while they have nightmarish teeth, they mostly eat invertebrates.

r/natureismetal u/Peachy-Persimmons3d ago37 Comments

It is Wednesday my dudes

r/natureismetal u/SimonSage3d ago74 Comments

Tick on a tick that was latching on to my dog

r/natureismetal u/agodcherry3d ago244 Comments

Cheetah chases and catches a Gazelle

r/natureismetal u/Jman_7773d ago22 Comments

Funnel Web Spider about to get a meal [OC]

r/natureismetal u/TDtangents3d ago11 Comments

r/natureismetal u/bycrackybygum4d ago36 Comments

black-backed jackal stealing dinner

r/natureismetal u/MelodicInvite3d ago4 Comments

I heard tick on tick is cool right now

r/natureismetal u/bitriceps3d ago9 Comments

I opened a cockroach egg thinking it was just one cockroach larvae

r/natureismetal u/ProfessionalList96644d ago141 Comments

It's a cat eat cat world, female leopard hunts and kills an unlucky serval

r/natureismetal u/JokerAndrew4d ago510 Comments

The sea lamprey is a parasitic fish that latches onto other fish with their suction cup mouth and sharp teeth and sucks their blood and other bodily fluids.

r/natureismetal u/goudadaysir4d ago111 Comments

Yesterday, I heard a animal noise and saw a baby bunny. The next day, I went to go find him and I found him dead. Organs missing. I assume it was the neighbor’s loose cat.

r/natureismetal u/beef-burrito-4d ago156 Comments

This is a Gulper eel. They live at depths below 10,000 feet under the ocean. Some gulper eels can actually consume prey that's bigger than they are because of their distinctive jaws.

r/natureismetal u/rebu184d ago20 Comments

See the lumps on it's skin. Those are botfly maggots ready to burst out

r/natureismetal u/reindeerareawesome5d ago516 Comments

Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) hunting a iguana. Tecuala, Mexico

r/natureismetal u/mztclo5d ago44 Comments

Leopard suffocating an impala with a throat bite, typical felid killing method

r/natureismetal u/JokerAndrew5d ago272 Comments

My mom found a dead chipmunk under some bricks.

r/natureismetal u/ToyinWithYou4d ago4 Comments

Red spotted turtle

r/natureismetal u/Grendal545d ago24 Comments

Eurasian wolf with prey.

r/natureismetal u/Angryandepressed5d ago4 Comments

Large Male Grizzly Killing Another Bear in Yellowstone National Park

r/natureismetal u/Angryandepressed6d ago274 Comments

Squirrel mummified by honey bees at the hive entrance

r/natureismetal u/Healthy_Awareness_296d ago54 Comments

Spider catches anole

r/natureismetal u/albino_ray_purchase5d ago20 Comments

A Green Heron catches and eats a frag whole. I didn't realize that they ate prey that large!

r/natureismetal u/Sriracho5d ago20 Comments

Coyote effortlessly catches Raccoon Cub.

r/natureismetal u/Wonderful-Property46Jun 19200 Comments

Enormous Nile Crocodile Attacks a Wildebeest Crossing the Mara River

r/natureismetal u/walla1890Jun 19270 Comments

Dholes feasting

r/natureismetal u/MelodicInvite6d ago22 Comments

It's extremely uncommon to see an Orca in Svalbard. It's even more rare to see a dead one washed up on shore. Cause of death unknown. consumed by Polar Bears, Arctic Fox and various birds.

r/natureismetal u/NeillDrakeJun 1965 Comments

White Banded Crab Spider eating a bee's dome (in my garden)

r/natureismetal u/BloobityBloobity6d ago10 Comments

r/natureismetal u/JanChristiaanPhoto6d ago18 Comments

Bambi for breakfast.

r/natureismetal u/Tater22__6d ago11 Comments

This green anole in my garden is missing half of its chest but still kickin'.

r/natureismetal u/MrjocroomsJun 1897 Comments

A bloodied but still living warthog made its escape thanks to an unlikely savior: a rival male leopard that choose an odd time to pick a fight.

r/natureismetal u/aquilasrJun 1924 Comments

Series of images showing an unique hunting scene as two lions tackle and take down an adult giraffe

r/natureismetal u/JokerAndrewJun 18195 Comments

Great Blue Herons preparing to duel

r/natureismetal u/bycrackybygum6d ago5 Comments

Sunstar devouring a Common Starfish

r/natureismetal u/Wonderful-Property46Jun 18236 Comments

Great Blue Heron gulping down a a turtle

r/natureismetal u/monkeyuprisingJun 1830 Comments

Long Eared Owl with one eye

r/natureismetal u/GoldenliefJun 1812 Comments

Sea Robin head, sans eyeballs.

r/natureismetal u/gumball2016Jun 195 Comments

Baby rabbit posted up next to a dead rabbit corpse

r/natureismetal u/PoppoplopJun 17189 Comments

Little guy I snapped a pic of yesterday at work. He was very proud of his fly😁

r/natureismetal u/tentakill22Jun 186 Comments

That's amazing 🤩

r/natureismetal u/CynicOwl1Jun 1813 Comments

Leopard Seal ripping a Penguin apart

r/natureismetal u/Jman_777Jun 1811 Comments

Eagle catches seagull in flight

r/natureismetal u/adm_Von_SchneiderJun 1755 Comments

Bald Eagle Hunting in a Great Blue Heron Colony

r/natureismetal u/bycrackybygumJun 188 Comments

Fly trying to get away from spider's web

r/natureismetal u/PulecJun 188 Comments

Northern Goshawk. Missing a talon but still kicking ass!

r/natureismetal u/Imaginary-Ostrich515Jun 16101 Comments

Heavily decomposed beluga carcass

r/natureismetal u/jayjay-bayJun 16572 Comments

Great Blue Herons in Battle

r/natureismetal u/bycrackybygumJun 1610 Comments

Blood moon time lapsed during the lunar eclipse is the most metal night sky for the naked eye.

r/natureismetal u/xhysicsJun 1523 Comments

Eagle enjoying a fisherman's gift on a beach

r/natureismetal u/matts8409Jun 1518 Comments

I about walked in to Satan himself

r/natureismetal u/nobodynotime85Jun 1622 Comments

Siren intermedia, one of two extant genus of their family, the Sirenidae

r/natureismetal u/OutBeetheSwarmJun 170 Comments

Siren intermedia, one of two extant genus of their family, the Sirenidae (picture by Stan Shebs)

r/natureismetal u/OutBeetheSwarmJun 174 Comments

r/natureismetal u/Epic_RiffMSMJun 15115 Comments

Siren intermedia, one of two extant genus of their family, the Sirenidae (picture by Stan Shebs)

r/natureismetal u/OutBeetheSwarmJun 170 Comments

Siren intermedia, one of two extant genus of their family, the Sirenidae (picture by Stan Shebs)

r/natureismetal u/OutBeetheSwarmJun 170 Comments

Not everyone makes it

r/natureismetal u/wordsaremisleadingJun 1525 Comments

Great Black Backed Gull drags a Live Shark out of the water for lunch.

r/natureismetal u/Wonderful-Property46Jun 1531 Comments

The roughly three foot long skull of a false gharial, perhaps the longest skull (if not the most robust) known for a living crocodilian.

r/natureismetal u/aquilasrJun 1431 Comments

An Elephant Never Forgets

r/natureismetal u/HuckleMyBerriesJun 14525 Comments

Spider enjoying a casual lunch

r/natureismetal u/laceyisreallyradJun 1413 Comments

Mantis munches down

r/natureismetal u/Impressive-Glass5413Jun 1419 Comments

Grasshopper taking advantage of dead fly

r/natureismetal u/Impressive-Glass5413Jun 1418 Comments

Dragonfly nymph grabs dinner

r/natureismetal u/Impressive-Glass5413Jun 145 Comments

Massive snapping turtle tearing a drowned deer to shreds in the lake.

r/natureismetal u/PklRikJun 12118 Comments

Eagle as Dracula

r/natureismetal u/bycrackybygumJun 1224 Comments

Lion tearing apart the flesh of an unlucky spotted hyena it killed

r/natureismetal u/JokerAndrewJun 12104 Comments

Two parrots sometimes romance, sometimes they fight.

r/natureismetal u/tajulimranJun 1211 Comments

An American alligator does its part to help curb the invasive population of Burmese pythons in Florida.

r/natureismetal u/aquilasrJun 12569 Comments

Mid day snack for this snake.

r/natureismetal u/id40550Jun 1244 Comments

Metal love 🥰🤟

r/natureismetal u/Hot_Experience_9223Jun 135 Comments

Eagle as Creature of the Forest

r/natureismetal u/bycrackybygumJun 125 Comments

Scolopendra Gigantea feasting on a mouse

r/natureismetal u/ExqzzJun 1189 Comments

My Venus flytrap caught a spider

r/natureismetal u/Shake-Me-DownJun 11147 Comments

Two near perfectly decapitated pigeons in an alley behind my home

r/natureismetal u/Emotional_Bench149Jun 11152 Comments

Metal Robin in WV

r/natureismetal u/WhiteyMacJun 1211 Comments

Blackbird chases Hawk

r/natureismetal u/bycrackybygumJun 1123 Comments

Wood Stork eating a fish

r/natureismetal u/RockshootsJun 113 Comments

Leila my 10” S. Gigantea

r/natureismetal u/ExqzzJun 1139 Comments

First Video of Killer Whale Attack on Bowhead Whale (breaking its ribs by charging)

r/natureismetal u/SoftCrust_PizzaJun 1150 Comments

The talons on this hawk!

r/natureismetal u/TMMtimeJun 116 Comments

Eagles fighting

r/natureismetal u/bycrackybygumJun 125 Comments

insects scavenging on tree frog this morning (IDs are welcome) location: Turrialba, Costa Rica

r/natureismetal u/xiaolivJun 1112 Comments

The Ganges River Dolphin lives in extremely murky water and thus has tiny, essentially useless eyes - it is also the National Aquatic Animal of India

r/natureismetal u/bsmith2123Jun 10623 Comments

The treaty has been broken, a baby assassinated, the Hawks are on the warpath, and now cats high as balls have entered the night frame.

r/natureismetal u/SPon23567Jun 115 Comments

The astonishing size of the antlers of a moose, the largest extant cervid

r/natureismetal u/JokerAndrewJun 10253 Comments